Commentary for Shabbat 233:2
והיא גופה מנלן אילימא דמדהיכא דאית ביה לא שדי להו איתויי נמי מייתינן מי דמי התם אדהכי והכי נפלה דליקה הכא אדהכא והכי לישדינן אלא אמר מר בר רב אשי לעולם כדאמרינן מעיקרא ודקא קשיא לך הכא טלטול והכא מלאכה כגון דלא קבעי ליה לעור
Rather they say thus to him, If we may save the sheath of a Scroll together with the Scroll, though it also contains money,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which by itself may not be handled. ');"><sup>3</sup></span> shall we not handle the skin on account of the flesh? How compare! There it [the sheath] became a stand for something that is forbidden (the money] and something that is permitted [the Scroll]; whereas here the whole has become a stand for that which is forbidden? — Rather they say thus to him: If a sheath containing money may be brought from elsewhere to save a Scroll of the Law with it, shall we not handle the skin in virtue of the flesh? And how do we know that itself? Shall we say, since one need not throw them [the coins] out when it contains them,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Mishnah. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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